Trauma is at the core of a crime victim/survivor’s experience. Impacting that experience in a unique and innovative way is at the core of CTSS programs. CTSS is committed to filling gaps in service for victims and survivors by: expanding the definition of victims to include victims of both reported and unreported crime; providing service regardless of the type of crime; extending the current commitment of “trauma-informed care” to include crime survivors themselves in obtaining education and skills to address the impact of trauma; providing trauma support services that are victim/survivor based rather than offender-focused; offering services without any time restriction related to when the crime was committed; and recognizing family members, community members and service providers who are impacted by supporting and serving victims of crime.
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Finding Support on a Healing Journey
People can heal from the trauma of child sexual abuse.
Our belief that people can heal is based on the lived experiences of countless survivors and a scientific understanding of trauma and resiliency. The paths that individual people choose to heal and create safety are unique. One path does not fit all, so OAASIS works to increase people’s access to multiple healing pathways.
The following resources have been helpful at different points of many survivors’ healing journeys.
This list contains third party information and links to other websites. OAASIS does not necessarily endorse the views expressed in the internet sites to which we provide links. The content of these linked sites is the sole responsibility of such sites and their respective contributors. OAASIS does not intend names and links to other sites and services to be referrals or endorsements of the named and linked entities, but rather provides such names and links for convenience only.
OAASIS’ former Board President, Randy Ellison’s, blog for survivors.
The mission of Bradley Angle is to offer survivors of domestic and sexual violence options for safety, empowerment, healing and hope, while collaborating with our communities to create social change.
The Breathe Network is a resource and referral network that connects survivors to practitioners who offer trauma-informed, mind-body-spirit oriented treatments in order to support integrated, sustainable healing and educates survivors of sexual violence and the broader community about the unique benefits of holistic approaches to healing.
The Brooklyn Bay is dedicated to supporting people who want their most important relationships to be more nourishing. Director Melanya Helene brings together the science of how we heal (Interpersonal Neurobiology) and real embodied practices (Mindfulness Based Performance) to offer inspiration through performances; education through public talks; and personal healing in group and private settings.
CARES Northwest is a collaborative, community-based medical program for the assessment, treatment and prevention of child abuse. We provide a safe, child-friendly environment for the assessment of children for whom there are concerns of physical or sexual abuse, neglect and exposure to domestic violence. Physical examinations and interviews are conducted in a comfortable environment to help children feel safe.
CASA: Court Appointed Special Advocate
A CASA advocate is the tireless and passionate protector of a child who has been abused or neglected and is going through the trauma of the court system. They are granted tremendous authority by the court, and are able to do what it takes to see that a child is not ignored, their best interests and critical needs are addressed, and that the presiding judge is able to understand the true facts of a child’s condition in an over-burdened child welfare system.CASA’s vision is to advocate for a child in the court system who has been abused or neglected and to get them into a permanent home safely, quickly and effectively.
Center for Trauma Support Services
The Children’s Center is a partner in Clackamas County’s response to child abuse and the answer to a child’s pain. A private, non-profit medical assessment center, the Children’s Center supports children and families in cases of suspected physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, drug endangerment and witness to violence.
Compassionate Gathering offers private support, group support and community support to survivors of various forms of abuse. We started supporting Catholic clergy abuse survivors, but others came to us. We could not turn anyone away so we now support all survivors of all forms of abuse — child sexual abuse, physical abuse, clergy sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, emotional abuse, and rape.
At Crew Janci LLP, we are dedicated to empowering victims of sexual violence or other crimes to achieve the healing they need, the justice they deserve, and the change they desire. Our attorneys have nearly forty years of combined experience representing hundreds of victims of sexual abuse and other crimes. We represent adult and child survivors of rape, sexual abuse, sexual assault, molestation, campus sexual assault, incest, clergy abuse, exploitation, sexual harassment, and other crimes. Our attorneys help victims confront their perpetrators and the institutions that failed them. We help our clients create change in policies and practices to ensure that children and the vulnerable are safer today. And, wherever possible, our attorneys help clients obtain significant financial awards and settlements as compensation and symbolic justice for what they have suffered.
At Dumas Law Group, much of our work involves helping those who suffered sex or other abuses as children to make the important transition from being a victim of abuse to being a survivor of abuse. Your healing is our mission. The law is a powerful tool in an abuse survivor’s recovery process – a way to hold perpetrators and institutions accountable for their wrongdoing. The first thing we do is listen with respect to our client’s story, because that first step of speaking out can be the first step towards justice and healing. Attorney Gilion Dumas founded the Dumas Law Group to provide litigation representation and legal counseling to those who have suffered sexual abuse or other wrongful treatment, whether in a family, educational, religious, community, or business setting.
I am a 2006 graduate from the Oregon School of Massage located in Portland, Oregon. Ever since, I have been providing quality care to my clients in my private practice. I am passionate about my work as a massage therapist and feel honored to be able to facilitate my clients in their path to wellness. Only willing to give my clients the best care, I continually stay up to date on the latest techniques through continuing education courses. I believe in meeting clients where they are and listening to their needs to create an individualized massage. As my bodywork experience has grown and deepened, I have become more aware of how our bodies hold on to stress not just from our present experiences, but also the hurts and vulnerabilities from the past. This led me to want to work more deeply with clients, especially those suffering from trauma, and in June of 2013, I graduated from a Two Year Comprehensive Training Program with the M.E.T.A. Institute here in Portland Oregon. Through my training, I learned to work with individuals in a gentle, mindful approach to help healing and wholeness emerge, recognizing the connection between mind and body. In March of 2016, I completed 100 hrs of training in Trauma Touch Therapy™ through the Colorado School of Healing Arts, which included a 50 hour externship and am now a Certified Trauma Touch Therapist. You can see more about this work on my Trauma Touch page.
Impact NW is a premier provider of educational and social services in the greater Portland metro area. Impact NW is a private non-profit organization that began in 1966 as Portland Action Committees Together, Inc. (PACT). Four neighborhoods came together and created the agency to address the growing problems associated with poverty in the area.
Marc has been deeply involved in learning how relational healing happens for over 20 years. He brings a unique blend of science, the actual understanding how our minds work relationally, and embodied experience of how this looks and feels in real life. Through Marc’s work with thousands of people, adults and children, he’s found that this combination of understanding what’s happening and having an embodied experience of attunement is what leads to deep and lasting transformation and healing. The work Marc has done through attuned physical play with literally tens of thousands of children has helped him gain clarity on how childhood patterns of stress and disconnection create the patterns we live out as adults.
Male Survivor peer support group
This support group has been meeting for over five years. There are no attendance requirements. Some participants have been working on their recovery for many years, others have just begun. We meet every other Wednesday evening in SE Portland. The group is facilitated by Das Chapin. This group does not have a therapist in attendance. For more information please contact Das at daschapin@gmail.com.
Morrison Child & Family Services
Morrison Child and Family Services is a non-profit organization that delivers specialized services to children, from birth through age 18, and families coping with adversity and trauma. We respect the complexity of human nature and human needs–we guide children and their families through difficult issues by tailoring treatment plans to address individuals’ needs and help them live productive lives.
Mothers of Sexually Abused Children (MOSAC)
MOSAC’s website provides resources for mothers of children who have disclosed sexual abuse. This group is based here in Oregon, and also has a Facebook page offering support to protective mothers.
National Crime Victims Law Institute
NCVLI is a national non-profit legal advocacy organization whose mission is to actively promote balance and fairness in the justice system through crime victim centered legal advocacy, education, and resource sharing.
NW Network of GLBTQ Survivors of Abuse
NW Network works to end abuse in the diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans communities. As an organization founded by and for LGBT survivors, NW Network is committed to fostering the empowerment of all survivors of abuse.
Oregon Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
OCADSV is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1978. The coalition is a feminist organization made up of programs across the state of Oregon, who serve survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force
The Sexual Assault Task Force’s mission is the effective prevention of and response to sexual violence through collaborative, comprehensive, survivor-centered strategies.
The Portland Archdiocese Documents About Priest Abuse
The goal of this site is to help the public, child advocates, and any institution which sponsors “relationships of trust” between adults and children, to see what the Archdiocese of Portland, and its Archbishops and Staff, knew or should have known about pedophile priests, so as to learn from these mistakes and thereby ensure that the tragedies of child abuse do not happen elsewhere.
Partnership for Safety & Justice
PSJ works with people convicted of crime, survivors of crime, and the families of both to advocate for policies that make Oregon’s approach to public safety more effective and more just.
Pursuit of Truth Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Seeking Justice is a documentary film that chronicles the struggles of adult survivors of child sex abuse who seek justice against their abusers. This important film breaks new ground in identifying fundamental flaws in the legal process and in addressing the need to make real systemic changes so that truth prevails over silence.
Restore Hope works to equip and support families of abuse victims, or those who support them, by providing Christian guidance, counseling and support groups.
Sexual Assault Resource Center
SARC provides immediate response and support to sexually assaulted survivors and empower them to heal and regain control of their lives. To minimize the aftermath by providing advocacy, information, and referrals to the survivors and their families. To educate and create awareness surrounding sexual assault to members of the community.
Spiritual Alliance to Stop Intimate Abuse
The mission of SAIV is to stop intimate violence — the training ground for the violence of war, terrorism, political repression, and crime.
Springwater Private Pilates/Body Reconciliation
Body Reconciliation is a non-profit organization that has as it’s mission to reach out to primary women and young adults for the purpose of education and service for those who suffered childhood abuse and still suffer with an unhealthy relationship with their bodies. Contact Cristi Dillon: cristiimagodei@comcast.net
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
SNAP is the largest, oldest and most active support group for women and men wounded by religious authority figures (priests, ministers, bishops, deacons, nuns and others). SNAP is an independent and confidential organization, with no connections with the church or church officials. SNAP has a local gathering in the Portland area.
Survivors of Incest Anonymous (SIA)
The Portland Oregon Area Group of Survivors of Incest Anonymous is a 12 step program that exists to support Survivors of Incest. We define incest very broadly as a sexual encounter by a family member or extended family member that damaged the child. An extended family member could be an aunt, uncle, in-law, cousin, friend of the family, clergy, teacher, coach or anyone that you were led to trust. There is a newcomers group that is currently meeting in Southeast Portland on Sunday evenings.
The mission of the Trauma Healing Project is to ensure any person or group in the community impacted by violence, abuse, or other trauma will be supported to completely recover and heal. Visit their website to learn more about the healing services they offer.
Voices Set Free seeks to create an ongoing dialogue to address violence against women, children, and under represented populations. We provide support groups, mentoring, mental health services, and grassroots advocacy by initiating collaboration in our communities.
A site dedicated to helping everyone understand the tragedies of childhood sexual abuse and the role of the LDS church and the Boy Scouts of America in perpetuating the tragedy.
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OAASIS is making an impact not only in the State of Oregon, but nationally! We are honored to collaborate with a growing national movement to end child sex abuse, and are doing our part here in Oregon. We need YOUR help!
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